Selected Poems of Robert Frost: Illustrated Edition
An unparalleled illustrated collection of the work of one of America's most beloved poets. Featuring the full contents of Robert Frost's first three volumes of poetry--A Boy's Will, North of Boston, and Mountain Interval--this superbly designed collection is a testament to the beauty of the master's writing. It gathers more than 100 of Frost's most renowned poems, including "Mending Wall," "The Road Not Taken," and "The Death of the Hired Man." With illustrations by Thomas Nason, it will be a treasured addition to any home library.
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Community Reviews
There's some good stuff in here.
There is something about Frost that makes me feel like I don't need twenty years in college to understand his poems. And I appreciate that. I want to enjoy poetry; I don't want to do a five minutes per line analysis every time I read a poem. This is also why I'm not going to get into what he was writing about and am only reviewing how I felt about it. There are people out there much, much smarter than me who do that sort of thing.
I may be in the minority here, but I loved (and generally preferred) the longer poems in this collection. Some read like beautiful stories and some were a little questionable (...perhaps slightly creepy would be a better way to describe them?) where my imagination was running wild. The imagery was wonderful in all the poems but in these longer ones especially.
A collection that I wanted to keep reading and that didn't make me want to stab my eyes out. That's a win in my book!
For, dear me, why abandon a belief
Merely because it ceases to be true.
Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt
It will turn true again, for so it goes.
Most of the change we think we see in life
Is due to truths being in and out of favour.
4 Stars
There is something about Frost that makes me feel like I don't need twenty years in college to understand his poems. And I appreciate that. I want to enjoy poetry; I don't want to do a five minutes per line analysis every time I read a poem. This is also why I'm not going to get into what he was writing about and am only reviewing how I felt about it. There are people out there much, much smarter than me who do that sort of thing.
I may be in the minority here, but I loved (and generally preferred) the longer poems in this collection. Some read like beautiful stories and some were a little questionable (...perhaps slightly creepy would be a better way to describe them?) where my imagination was running wild. The imagery was wonderful in all the poems but in these longer ones especially.
A collection that I wanted to keep reading and that didn't make me want to stab my eyes out. That's a win in my book!
For, dear me, why abandon a belief
Merely because it ceases to be true.
Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt
It will turn true again, for so it goes.
Most of the change we think we see in life
Is due to truths being in and out of favour.
4 Stars
